General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Other: Pale pink-green, long and extremely upright petioles. Traps are pastel yellow-green. Teeth/eyelashes are extremely short but very dense and are "fringed". Traps may blush red.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Water gardens
Suitable for miniature gardens
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Carnivorous
Goes Dormant

Common names
  • Venus Flytrap

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